Thursday, 29 January 2009
Sinusitis
Just when everything was going so well!! Damn, sinusitis, I been full of head cold and bunged up with headaches, sinus pain and little sleep. Training is on hold. Plenty of fluids, vit C, protein and sleep. Will try to get out for a walk and some fresh air tomorrow, but this damp and mild weather is not helping. Hopefully this will clear up in a few days, as the co-codamol is kicking in!
Sunday, 25 January 2009
Heartbreak Half Marathon 2009 Results
Results are out on tri247.com
http://www.tri247.com/results_6505.html
http://www.tri247.com/results_6505.html
Heartbreak Half Marathon - and a bit more!
Well, I decided to turn up and run this, having had one of the worst night's sleep of the week and feeling pretty lousy, sniffly, sore throat. Being sensible I should not have run, but we never learn and off I set at 8am for Sandy Balls campsite. Got registered and tried to warm up. It was cold, damp, windy, but thankfully the rain had abated for a while and we actually got through the race downpour free.
A very muddy walk down to the start line and at 10am we were off, and uphill! My breathing was ridiculously hard and I felt dreadful, although my legs were in good shape! I didn't bother checking my heartrate, but was probably off the chart! Anyway I dug in near the front and settled into something like a comfortable pace and the race proceeded much like that, nice and easy pace and then uphills and then down again. Through fords, mudpits, over gravel trails, grassy knolls and through countless puddles of varying depths! And the hills, lots of them. In fact there were no flat sections on this run. The last mile was on tarmac until it kicked off onto a footpath that had become a mud bath!
It was a very enjoyable run, but long!!!! My Garmin had it down as 14.98 miles. I completed it in 1 hour 46 mins and something, in around 22nd place or so. I think my coach would be pleased how I approached it. He said to go hard for the last 3 miles! Turned out it was 5 miles hard at the end! Not so bad considering I was very under the weather and was contemplating not running. Legs feel a bit sore as I write now 5 hours after the finish. And I haven't eaten much as I feel sick as a dog! Results will be out later on the racenewforest website. Big thanks to Richard Iles and Joanne for hosting yet another great event. Why do they always make em so bloody tough!!!???
A very muddy walk down to the start line and at 10am we were off, and uphill! My breathing was ridiculously hard and I felt dreadful, although my legs were in good shape! I didn't bother checking my heartrate, but was probably off the chart! Anyway I dug in near the front and settled into something like a comfortable pace and the race proceeded much like that, nice and easy pace and then uphills and then down again. Through fords, mudpits, over gravel trails, grassy knolls and through countless puddles of varying depths! And the hills, lots of them. In fact there were no flat sections on this run. The last mile was on tarmac until it kicked off onto a footpath that had become a mud bath!
It was a very enjoyable run, but long!!!! My Garmin had it down as 14.98 miles. I completed it in 1 hour 46 mins and something, in around 22nd place or so. I think my coach would be pleased how I approached it. He said to go hard for the last 3 miles! Turned out it was 5 miles hard at the end! Not so bad considering I was very under the weather and was contemplating not running. Legs feel a bit sore as I write now 5 hours after the finish. And I haven't eaten much as I feel sick as a dog! Results will be out later on the racenewforest website. Big thanks to Richard Iles and Joanne for hosting yet another great event. Why do they always make em so bloody tough!!!???
Saturday, 24 January 2009
Heartbreak Half
http://www.racenewforest.co.uk
My next race, 25th January, provided this cold has cleared up! Undulating off-road half marathon through the beautiful( and probably very muddy!!) New Forest. Good luck to everyone taking part. See you all at 10am. Results to follow immediately post race as there is chip timing!
My next race, 25th January, provided this cold has cleared up! Undulating off-road half marathon through the beautiful( and probably very muddy!!) New Forest. Good luck to everyone taking part. See you all at 10am. Results to follow immediately post race as there is chip timing!
Aquathlon
Kerry Mclean of Pac-Tri club is organising this event in June http://www.clevedonaqua.com/
Well worth having a look at.
Well worth having a look at.
Cold
Crap! Again, headache, sore throat, cold, feeling pretty rubbish.
Lack of sleep is taking it's toll. Have Heartreak Half marathon tomorrow and if I can't shirt it then that'll be yet another race I will have had to pull out of. http://www.racenewforest.co.uk/ races are a jinx for me!! Missed NF middle tri last year becuse of injury, was ill doing that race the year before. Plenty of fluids, vitamin C and rest might get me right.
Lack of sleep is taking it's toll. Have Heartreak Half marathon tomorrow and if I can't shirt it then that'll be yet another race I will have had to pull out of. http://www.racenewforest.co.uk/ races are a jinx for me!! Missed NF middle tri last year becuse of injury, was ill doing that race the year before. Plenty of fluids, vitamin C and rest might get me right.
Friday, 23 January 2009
Speed calculator
The simplest and best tool for working out times etc.
http://www.gazza.co.nz/distance.html
http://www.gazza.co.nz/distance.html
Saturday, 17 January 2009
Boscombe 5k
Well, this is the first 5k I've done in about 3 years. The last one was round Poole Park and I found it hard going just to get round in under 25 mins! I've come a long way since then but I went backwards last night!!!
Well, ran down with James Gilfillan, about 3 miles before for a good warm up, and signed up at 7, pinned number on and jogged about and stretched and felt reasonably ok. Got near the front for the start and was under coach's orders to go hard from the start and see what happens. Well, I went hard, too bloody hard!! Got to half a mile at 5:30 pace and that was it, bang! I held on for 19' 52", went through halfway at 9' 26", and my god the last mile hurt like nothing before, just to hold my pace which had slowed significantly. Was good to finish and recovered well. Ran back with James after, so all in all a good run session. James did really well, finishing in 6th place, and seeing him before the turnaround he looked like he was running really strong.
So I'll take this as a big learning curve, and not go off like an idiot at the start! If I hadn't then who knows! But that's what it's all about. There's another one in 4 weeks times, and with more training and now an idea of how to pace myself then should see me run significantly better. But who knows, may get it all wrong again!!!
Results are here http://club.poolerunners.com/content/resultstable.aspx
Out for long bike today and long easy off-road run tomorrow. Hopefully the lactic acid has not built up too much in my sore legs!
Well, ran down with James Gilfillan, about 3 miles before for a good warm up, and signed up at 7, pinned number on and jogged about and stretched and felt reasonably ok. Got near the front for the start and was under coach's orders to go hard from the start and see what happens. Well, I went hard, too bloody hard!! Got to half a mile at 5:30 pace and that was it, bang! I held on for 19' 52", went through halfway at 9' 26", and my god the last mile hurt like nothing before, just to hold my pace which had slowed significantly. Was good to finish and recovered well. Ran back with James after, so all in all a good run session. James did really well, finishing in 6th place, and seeing him before the turnaround he looked like he was running really strong.
So I'll take this as a big learning curve, and not go off like an idiot at the start! If I hadn't then who knows! But that's what it's all about. There's another one in 4 weeks times, and with more training and now an idea of how to pace myself then should see me run significantly better. But who knows, may get it all wrong again!!!
Results are here http://club.poolerunners.com/content/resultstable.aspx
Out for long bike today and long easy off-road run tomorrow. Hopefully the lactic acid has not built up too much in my sore legs!
Friday, 16 January 2009
Weston AC Prom Run Results
Well done Kerry, good running.
http://www.westonac.co.uk/results/2009/Prom_Jan_09_Prov.pdf
Hopefully I can pull off a decent result down in Boscombe 5k tonight. Results to follow.
:-)
http://www.westonac.co.uk/results/2009/Prom_Jan_09_Prov.pdf
Hopefully I can pull off a decent result down in Boscombe 5k tonight. Results to follow.
:-)
Tuesday, 13 January 2009
Harry Wiltshire
Info on one of the UK's top elite triathletes and my coach!! How cool is that! And he's 12 years younger than me!! Not cool as that makes me bloody old!
http://www.triharry.co.uk/
Back out on the running today now my cold has faded away and felt good to get out. My morning swim was a total waste of time due to it being so busy in the laneds, and just impossible to do my set, so got out after 25 minutes, which was no bad thing as I was bloody knackered! Back in the pool tomorrow for a proper session with Wareham masters and then Thursday early morning session will be ok. I have 5k on Friday evening with James Gilfillan. Obviously I won't be quite at his pace, but not that far off if all goes well. My shorter intervals have been going really well this last 3 weeks since Ribble Valley 10k and my leg speed has significantly improved. I'll give it plenty and see how I get on.
http://www.triharry.co.uk/
Back out on the running today now my cold has faded away and felt good to get out. My morning swim was a total waste of time due to it being so busy in the laneds, and just impossible to do my set, so got out after 25 minutes, which was no bad thing as I was bloody knackered! Back in the pool tomorrow for a proper session with Wareham masters and then Thursday early morning session will be ok. I have 5k on Friday evening with James Gilfillan. Obviously I won't be quite at his pace, but not that far off if all goes well. My shorter intervals have been going really well this last 3 weeks since Ribble Valley 10k and my leg speed has significantly improved. I'll give it plenty and see how I get on.
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